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Shrewsbury Town v Bristol Rovers : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 17th Oct, 12:30 BST, Montgomery Waters Meadow, Shrewsbury

Saturday lunch time at the Montgomery Waters Meadow, and it’s a League Two showdown between Shrewsbury Town and Bristol Rovers. Gavin Patrick Cowan and Steve Evans going all-out to guide their side to victory. We've got bespoke stats for the biggest betting markets, from team to score first to full time result, including form and historical head-to-head data. Predictions are calculated from these, and the odds come straight from leading bookmakers.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We are making over 1.5 goals our top tip on this match, meaning that the teams will score a minimum of 2 goals between them during the standard 90 mins. Both Shrewsbury and Bristol R's current form stats suggest it's likely, while their head-to-head (H2H) record is pointing in the same direction too. The bookies make it their favoured prediction in this market too, available at 1.30.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Shrewsbury 45%	21/10 7%	-
Draw 25%	11/5	-
Bristol R 30%	13/10	-
Draw 1-1 12%	5/1 8%	-
Shrewsbury 1-0 10%	8/1	-
Shrewsbury 2-1 9%	11/1 9%	-
Bristol R 1-0 8%	13/2 6%	-
Shrewsbury 2-0 8%	14/1	-
Bristol R 2-1 7%	17/2	-
Draw 0-0 7%	15/2 11%	-
Draw 2-2 5%	14/1	-
Bristol R 2-0 5%	10/1	-
Shrewsbury 3-1 5%	25/1 13%	-
Shrewsbury 3-0 4%	33/1 17%	-
Bristol R 3-1 3%	20/1 11%	-
Shrewsbury 3-2 3%	33/1	-
Bristol R 3-2 2%	28/1	-
Bristol R 3-0 2%	20/1 9%	-
Over 2.5 Goals 51%	11/10 2%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 49%	7/10 3%	-
Home 1st Goal 51%	6/5 5%	-
Away 1st Goal 45%	5/6	-
No 1st Goal 4%	15/2 11%	-
BTTS - Yes 54%	5/6 2%	-
BTTS - No 46%	5/6 4%	-
BTTS - Home Win 21%	11/2 8%	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	10/3 4%	-
BTTS - Away Win 14%	4/1	-
Home/draw 70%	4/7	-
Away/draw 55%	4/11 3%	-
Home/away 75%	4/11	-
Over 1.5 Goals 75%	1/3 2%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 25%	9/4 4%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 29%	11/4 7%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 71%	1/4 3%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 14%	7/1 14%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 86%	1/12 2%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 6%	16/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 94%	1/40	-
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	1/14 1%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	15/2 11%	-
Home DNB 63%	6/5 5%	-
Away DNB 47%	8/13 3%	-
Shrewsbury win to nil 24%	4/1	-
Bristol R win to nil 15%	11/4 6%	-
Shrewsbury / Shrewsbury 16%	4/1 5%	-
Shrewsbury / Bristol R 3%	25/1	-
Shrewsbury / Draw 5%	14/1	-
Draw / Shrewsbury 13%	11/2	-
Draw / Bristol R 15%	9/2	-
Draw / Draw 16%	4/1	-
Bristol R / Shrewsbury 3%	28/1	-
Bristol R / Bristol R 22%	11/4	-
Bristol R / Draw 6%	12/1	-

Win / draw / win League Two table

Shrewsbury have played 10 matches so far this season and are in 18th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

8 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 5 games, drawn 1 and won 2. Shrewsbury have conceded 13 goals, scored 5, failed to score in 4 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Shrewsbury have played 5 games at home, winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 6 goals, conceded 6 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Bristol R lay in 9th place on 15 points in the League Two league table having played 10 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 6 games against teams below them in the table, winning 5, drawing 0 and losing 1 game. They have scored 11 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Bristol R have conceded 5 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Bristol R have played 5 away games, winning 1, drawing 0 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 1 goals per away game and conceded an average 2.2 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Shrewsbury Bristol R
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Salford	10	6	1	3	5	19	w 1-0F	Feb 6	Oct 20	Jan 19
2	Barnet	8	5	3	0	9	18	l 1-3A	Mar 13	l 1-3F	Apr 13
3	Crewe	10	4	6	0	5	18	Apr 17	d 1-1A	Apr 27	l 3-1A
4	Gillingham	10	4	4	2	5	16	Oct 31	Jan 30	Apr 17	l 3-0A
5	York	9	4	3	2	6	15	May 8	Dec 1	Mar 6	l 3-2F
6	Walsall	9	3	6	0	6	15	Jan 9	Dec 19	Dec 26	Mar 29
7	Chesterfield	10	4	3	3	3	15	Mar 20	Nov 21	Nov 14	Feb 27
8	Cheltenham	10	4	3	3	0	15	Nov 28	May 1	Mar 20	Nov 21
9	Bristol R	10	5	0	5	-2	15	Oct 17	Jan 16	-	-
10	Rochdale	10	4	2	4	-1	14	Feb 9	l 3-0A	Jan 9	Dec 19
11	Grimsby	10	3	4	3	2	13	Apr 27	w 1-2F	Feb 20	l 2-0A
12	Newport	10	3	4	3	1	13	Apr 3	Dec 29	w 5-3A	Mar 13
13	Tranmere	10	2	6	2	0	12	Mar 6	l 2-0A	Nov 28	May 1
14	Exeter	10	3	3	4	0	12	l 0-1A	Apr 13	w 1-0F	Apr 24
15	Accrington	10	2	5	3	-1	11	Mar 26	Jan 1	Dec 12	Apr 10
16	Fleetwood	10	2	5	3	-1	11	Feb 13	l 2-0A	Jan 30	Oct 31
17	Swindon	10	3	2	5	-5	11	Dec 26	Mar 29	Oct 24	Jan 23
18	Shrewsbury	10	3	2	5	-6	11	-	-	Jan 16	Oct 17
19	Colchester	9	2	4	3	-3	10	d 2-2A	Apr 24	w 2-0F	Feb 9
20	Rotherham	10	2	4	4	-4	10	Jan 23	Oct 24	w 1-0F	Feb 13
21	Oldham	9	2	2	5	-4	8	Nov 14	Feb 27	May 8	Dec 1
22	Port Vale	8	2	2	4	-5	8	Dec 12	Apr 10	Apr 3	Dec 29
23	Northampton	8	1	4	3	-3	7	w 2-0F	Feb 20	Mar 26	Jan 2
24	Crawley	8	1	2	5	-7	5	Jan 19	Oct 20	Feb 6	w 0-2F

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Bristol R have lost 3 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Shrewsbury	0 - 1	Exeter
Shrewsbury	2 - 2	Colchester
Shrewsbury	2 - 0	Northampton
Shrewsbury	1 - 0	Salford
Shrewsbury	1 - 3	Barnet
Shrewsbury	2 - 2	Fleetwood
Shrewsbury	1 - 0	Oldham
Shrewsbury	1 - 0	Tranmere
Shrewsbury	0 - 4	Crewe
Shrewsbury	0 - 2	Cheltenham
Shrewsbury	1 - 2	Walsall
Shrewsbury	1 - 0	Notts C
Shrewsbury	3 - 1	Swindon
Shrewsbury	2 - 1	Barrow
Shrewsbury	0 - 0	Barnet
Shrewsbury	1 - 0	Harrogate
Shrewsbury	0 - 3	Bristol R
Shrewsbury	0 - 1	Chesterfield
Shrewsbury	1 - 1	Grimsby
Shrewsbury	3 - 3	Gillingham

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

10 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

10 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Shrewsbury	0 - 1	Exeter
A	Shrewsbury	2 - 1	Grimsby
H	Shrewsbury	2 - 2	Colchester
A	Shrewsbury	1 - 1	Crewe
H	Shrewsbury	2 - 0	Northampton
A	Shrewsbury	0 - 2	Fleetwood
A	Shrewsbury	0 - 3	Rochdale
H	Shrewsbury	1 - 0	Salford
H	Shrewsbury	1 - 3	Barnet
A	Shrewsbury	0 - 2	Tranmere
A	Shrewsbury	0 - 1	Gillingham
H	Shrewsbury	2 - 2	Fleetwood
A	Shrewsbury	0 - 0	Crawley
H	Shrewsbury	1 - 0	Oldham
A	Shrewsbury	1 - 2	Bromley
H	Shrewsbury	1 - 0	Tranmere
A	Shrewsbury	0 - 1	Newport
H	Shrewsbury	0 - 4	Crewe
A	Shrewsbury	0 - 1	Bristol R
H	Shrewsbury	0 - 2	Cheltenham

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Crewe	3 - 1	Bristol R
Gillingham	3 - 0	Bristol R
Grimsby	2 - 0	Bristol R
Crawley	0 - 2	Bristol R
York	3 - 2	Bristol R
Notts C	1 - 1	Bristol R
Tranmere	1 - 2	Bristol R
Harrogate	2 - 3	Bristol R
Gillingham	1 - 2	Bristol R
Bromley	1 - 0	Bristol R
Barrow	0 - 2	Bristol R
Swindon	1 - 1	Bristol R
Oldham	2 - 0	Bristol R
Cambridge	3 - 1	Bristol R
MK Dons	1 - 0	Bristol R
Salford	1 - 0	Bristol R
Shrewsbury	0 - 3	Bristol R
Crewe	1 - 1	Bristol R
Barnet	4 - 0	Bristol R
Cheltenham	1 - 0	Bristol R

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Bristol R	1 - 3	Barnet
A	Bristol R	1 - 3	Crewe
H	Bristol R	1 - 0	Exeter
A	Bristol R	0 - 3	Gillingham
A	Bristol R	0 - 2	Grimsby
H	Bristol R	1 - 0	Rotherham
H	Bristol R	2 - 0	Colchester
A	Bristol R	2 - 0	Crawley
H	Bristol R	5 - 3	Newport
A	Bristol R	2 - 3	York
A	Bristol R	1 - 1	Notts C
H	Bristol R	4 - 0	Cheltenham
A	Bristol R	2 - 1	Tranmere
H	Bristol R	3 - 1	Crawley
A	Bristol R	3 - 2	Harrogate
H	Bristol R	1 - 0	Fleetwood
H	Bristol R	2 - 0	Accrington
A	Bristol R	2 - 1	Gillingham
H	Bristol R	1 - 0	Shrewsbury
A	Bristol R	0 - 1	Bromley

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Bristol R have kept a clean sheet in 6 consecutive league meetings with Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury

Bristol R

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 13

6 / 13

Clean sheets

7 / 13

5 / 13

SHR

BRI

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Shrewsbury
	0 - 3	Bristol R
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 2	Bristol R
Shrewsbury	2 - 1
	0 - 1	Bristol R
	3 - 4	Bristol R
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Shrewsbury	4 - 0
Shrewsbury	2 - 0
Shrewsbury	1 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Shrewsbury	1 - 0
Shrewsbury	2 - 0

Bristol R

Shrewsbury

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

10 / 13

6 / 13

Clean sheets

7 / 13

3 / 13

SHR

BRI

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bristol R
Bristol R	1 - 0
Bristol R	1 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Bristol R	2 - 1
	0 - 1	Shrewsbury
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	1 - 2	Shrewsbury
Bristol R	2 - 0
Bristol R	1 - 0
Bristol R	1 - 0
Bristol R	2 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw

Goal Statistics

Goals have been difficult to come by for Bristol Rovers of late. It has been 6 League Two games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.2 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Saturday lunch time against Shrewsbury Town.

	Shrewsbury 18th	Bristol R 9th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.5 goals	1.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 22% 1 33% 2 25% 3 13% 4+ There is a 78% probability that Shrewsbury will score 1 or more goals	0 31% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 67% probability that Bristol R will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-11 Shrewsbury have scored 11% fewer goals at home than predicted	-12 Bristol R have scored 12% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.1 average goals scored	1.1 average goals scored
	1.3 conceded	1.6 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2026/2027 season

SHR

BRI

34%

better

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Games scored	6		8
Failed to score	4		2
Scored first	3		6
Goals scored	9		15
Avg. goals scored	0.9		1.5
Avg. shots per game	9		10
Avg. shots per goal	10		7
Conversion rate for	10		15
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.8
KickOff rating		+34%

SHR

BRI

11%

better

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Games conceded	8		6
Clean sheets	2		4
Conceded first	7		4
Goals conceded	15		17
Avg. goals conceded	1.5		1.7
Avg. shots/game conceded	7		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	5		4
Conversion rate against	21%		23%
Avg. XG against	1.1		1.3
KickOff rating		+11%

Shrewsbury v Bristol R League Two lLine ups will show here when available.

Shrewsbury League Two squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
10	2	2	4
W. Brook	G Lloyd	W Boyle	L Hoole

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
W. Brook GLK	10			-
W Boyle DEF	10	1	2	2 -
L Hoole DEF	10	1	1	4 -
K Berkoe DEF	10	1		2 -
I Fletcher MID	10	1		1 -
T Sang MID	10		1	2 -
W. Gray MID	10			3 -
G Lloyd FWD	10	2		2 -
J. Turner-Cook MID	9			3 -
J Davison FWD	9	1		3 -
S Stubbs DEF	7			1 -
J Ruffels DEF	7			1 -
J Gbode FWD	7			2 -
A. Jude-Boyd DEF	6			-
K. McMahon-Brown FWD	6	2		2 -
M. Golding MID	4			-
L Sousa DEF	2			-
I. Lee DEF	2			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	6	2	3
G Lloyd	W Boyle	W Boyle	I Fletcher

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
G Lloyd FWD	2	6
K. McMahon-Brown FWD	2	6
W Boyle DEF	1	6	2	1
L Hoole DEF	1	3	1
K Berkoe DEF	1	1
I Fletcher MID	1	3		3
J Davison FWD	1	5		1
T Sang MID			1	3
W. Gray MID				1
J. Turner-Cook MID		1
S Stubbs DEF		3
J Ruffels DEF		2
J Gbode FWD		1		1
A. Jude-Boyd DEF				3

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
327	27	72
W. Brook	L Hoole	W Boyle

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
W. Brook GLK	327		7
T Sang MID	278	22	49
K Berkoe DEF	263	17	63
L Hoole DEF	252	27	57
W Boyle DEF	248	14	72
J Ruffels DEF	231	8	39
S Stubbs DEF	205	6	51
J. Turner-Cook MID	174	9	30
W. Gray MID	168	15	34
I Fletcher MID	157	9	29
J Davison FWD	112	6	45
A. Jude-Boyd DEF	111	8	17
G Lloyd FWD	94	6	42
K. McMahon-Brown FWD	87	8	38
J Gbode FWD	33	4	19
M. Golding MID	20	2	6
I. Lee DEF	19	2	5
L Sousa DEF	8	1	1

Bristol R League Two squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
10	3	1	4
B Young	B Kamwa	B Young	T Leigh

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
B Young GLK	10		1	-
K Balmer DEF	10		1	3 -
C Mola DEF	10	1	1	3 -
S Forde FWD	10			2 -
T James DEF	9	2	1	3 -
B Purrington DEF	9	1		2 -
R Smallwood MID	9			1 -
B Kamwa FWD	9	3		1 -
E Harrison FWD	9	2		2 -
F Cavegn FWD	9	3	1	-
T Leigh MID	7	2	1	2 2
R. Russell-Denny MID	7		1	-
C Kelly DEF	6			1 -
R Harbottle DEF	6			1 -
J Aitchison MID	6			-
J Quigley FWD	6			-
K. Gough DEF	4			1 -
J Sparkes DEF	3			-
A Kilgour DEF	2		1	-
P. Sanyaolu FWD	2			-
M Southam-Hales DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	7	1	3
B Kamwa	B Kamwa	B Young	F Cavegn

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
B Kamwa FWD	3	7		1
F Cavegn FWD	3	7	1	3
T James DEF	2	2	1	1
E Harrison FWD	2	7		2
T Leigh MID	2	4	1	1
C Mola DEF	1	2	1
B Purrington DEF	1	4
B Young GLK			1
K Balmer DEF		1	1
S Forde FWD		4		1
R Smallwood MID		1
R. Russell-Denny MID		2	1	2
C Kelly DEF		2
J Aitchison MID		1
J Quigley FWD		2
K. Gough DEF		1		1
A Kilgour DEF			1	1
P. Sanyaolu FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
326	34	72
B Young	C Mola	E Harrison

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Young GLK	326		3
C Mola DEF	309	34	62
T James DEF	266	11	35
R Smallwood MID	237	21	34
K Balmer DEF	236	11	41
B Purrington DEF	214	11	44
T Leigh MID	211	4	38
S Forde FWD	202	13	44
R Harbottle DEF	138	17	52
C Kelly DEF	121	10	38
E Harrison FWD	104	2	72
K. Gough DEF	104	6	21
B Kamwa FWD	97	4	16
F Cavegn FWD	88	1	18
J Aitchison MID	54	3	11
J Sparkes DEF	46	4	11
R. Russell-Denny MID	34	1	7
A Kilgour DEF	32	2	10
J Quigley FWD	27	2	21
M Southam-Hales DEF	24		6
P. Sanyaolu FWD	13		5